Cultivator foot



J. E. DAWSON. CULT|VATOR FOOT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1920.

Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

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1,427,.W25. firecificaiion of Ilettersletent- Patented Aug. 22, 1%22.

Appfication filed May 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn E. Dawson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dodsonville, in the county of Collingsworth and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cultivator Feet, of which the following is a specification,

The object of the invention is to provide a simple inexpensive and efhcient means for mounting a standard upon the cultivator bracket or clamp so as to permit of the adjustment of the cultivator shovel to operate either in a straightforward direction or at an angle to either side, so as to throw the soil either to the right or to the left, and at any desired depth, and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side view of a device ar ranged in the operative position.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same taken on a vertical plane.

Figure 3 is an elevation of a portion of the standard to show the arran geincnt of the seats or depressions therein for engagement by the locking bolts.

The standard 10 is revoluhly and adjustably fitted in a guide opening; 11 formed in the head 12 at the lower end of the bracket 13, said guide being intersected by a threaded opening 14: in which is fitted the correspondingly threaded shank 15 of a locking bolt having the cross handle 16 disposed. within convenient reach of the operator for adjustment from time to time to secure the standard in the proper position.

The said standard is provided. with a longitudinal series of seats or depressions 17 for the reception of the inner tapered or reduced extremity of the locking bolt to provide for varying the adjustment of the standard longitudinally to control the depth of the shovel carried thereby and at each side of the said longitudinal series'of seats or depressions are auxiliary seats or depres- 1820. Serial N0. 382,241.

sions 18 disposed in angular relation with thelongitudinal series of seats, and adapted respectively to be engaged by the inner tapered or reduced end of the locking bolt to hold the standard in a position to direct the shovel either to the right or to the left according to the direction in which the operator desires to throw the soil.

Obviously in order to'vary the adjustment either angularly or longitudinally of the shovel it is only necessary to loosen the looking bolt sufliciently to disengage thercduced extremity therefrom from theseat or depression in which it is engaged, and turn the standard in the desired direction, whereupon the return of the locking bolt to its normal position will cause it to reengage the proper seat or depression of the standard and rigidly and substantially hold the standard with the sl ovel carried thereby in the preferred position. It is obvious that not only can this change in adjustment be effected readily and quick] but in the locked position the standard is ,eld firmly against accidental displacement due to strain or vibration, and the strength of the standard is not materially modified by reason. of the provision in the surface thereof of the seats or depressions necessary for the engagement of the extremity of the locking bolt.

Having described. the invention whatis claimed is The combination with a cultivator bracket provided with a guide eye, having a threaded opening therein, of a standard slidably mounted in said eye, provided with a' longitudinal series of depressions and also having a plurality of auxiliary seats disposed in angular relation to the first mentioned depressions and a cross handle having a re duced threaded end engaging the threaded opening in said eye and adapted for selec tive engagement with said seats or depressions.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

JOSEPH E. DAWSON. 

